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Trump’s EPA sued for failure to finalize ban on deadly paint strippers

Victims’ families, public health advocates to make case EPA unlawfully allows chemical linked to dozens of deaths to remain on the market.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Liz Hitchcock, methylene chloride, paint stripper, Lauren Atkins, Wendy Hartley, Trump administration

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves to finalize ban on deadly methylene chloride in paint strippers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicated that it will finalize a long-delayed ban on the use of methylene chloride in paint strippers for consumer use by advancing the measure to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final approval.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Liz Hitchcock, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), Lauren Atkins, Wendy Hartley, success, Trump administration

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Trump’s EPA to face lawsuit over delay in banning deadly paint strippers

Washington, D.C. — Today, Latino workers, environmental and public health advocates, and the mothers of two young men who recently died from methylene chloride exposure notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to finalize a ban on the use of this lethal chemical in paint strippers.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Liz Hitchcock, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), Lauren Atkins, Wendy Hartley, Hector Sanchez Barba, Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Trump administration

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